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Thinking, breaking and stopping distances - Coggle Diagram
Thinking, breaking and stopping distances
What thinking distance is?
Is the distance a vehicle travels in the time it takes for the driver to apply the brakes after realising they need to stop.
Factors which would change the thinking distance only
Factors which would change both thinking and braking
speed
speed limits
The driver
What braking distance is?
Is the distance a vehicle travels in the time after the driver has applied the brake.
What the stopping distance is?
Is the distance the car travels before it comes to a rest
Factors which would change the breaking distance only
wet road - DECREASE
mass of the car - IF LARGE MASS THAN DECREASE, IF SMALL MASS THAN INCREASE)
worn brakes - DECREASE
worn tyres - INCREASE
icy road - DECREASE
Factors which would change the thinking distance only
distractions, eg mobile phones - DECREASE
alcohol - DECREASE
drugs - DECREASE
tiredness - DECREASE
visibility - (IF GOOD EYESIGHT/ VISIBILITY, INCREASE) (IF BAD EYESIGHT/VISIBILITY, DECREASE)